Hi Mel!
Yep I'm very glad the surgery is over with!
I'm not sure why my dr. didn't want to send a prescription for the EMLA.....he gives me prescriptions for anything else......he wanted the surgeon to give me the prescription. Luckily the Infusion center stuck up for me. I didn't want to have to keep getting the presciption from the surgeon who I never knew before this week. DOCTORS!! They can drive ya nuts!!

Glad you did ok,those Dr's are goffy. It's you do it no you,hmmm wonder
why we are nervous...I forgot did they change what you were doing
at school???? This should make everything easier,I'm glad it's done.
Sue

After this is all over, I expect to be hearing you sing your version of 'I Did It My WAY!' loud enough for me to hear it all the way on the East Coast....
The Emla Cream is brilliant..thank you to whoever suggested it {honestly I'd forgotten that part] and it does make it much easier for many...Next step? aside from the bruising and the [absolute] need to take a shower [just because you can't] is to keep us all up on how the next infusions go...when IS the next one. Smart about the prescription as well.

I am relieved it went soo well! I was getting worried not hearing from you. But, that you are posting complete sentences after being under general a...Well YOU are definitely tougher than I'd be at this point!

GOOD NEWS! I needed it! Thank you!!!!!!!'s - j

Rox:

I just looked up EMLA and it says it's used on babies for circumcisions.

I'm just wondering what you use it for? I know it's some kind of topical anaesthetic, right??

mel

you'd have to pay out of pocket for it.

Isn't that just typical...doctors who won't take responsibility for your pain, or comfort....

Mel, Emla is an anesthetic cream that is used on the skin prior to "procedures".
Yes for baby boys, but also when you have a derm appoint and need a skin tag cut off, or a mole removed, etc. It is also used 1 hr before blood draws, in children who need needle sticks/biopsies etc. There is absolutely no reason for a doctor to balk at ordering this.

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi...ournalCode=dsu

Ela Max 4% is OTC. It came out during a period when Emla was off the market for a while. FDA required special safety packaging and Emla took time to comply. It was a big hassle because patients at home with feeding tubes use it too, and they didn't want to pay for Ela Max... I had lots of complaints then.

I'll assume that means you're not in too much discomfort (and, as dahlek says, you're writing complete sentences . . .)

Let's hope this will make your infusions a much easier procedure in the future.

Hi. Yeah I am so happy for you. I hope you are feeling better too cause I know these procedures can also drain one. That is annoying about the doc but he fears liability probably. Hopefully it won't be an issue and the surgery doc will be good about it. Many hugs

HI All!
I will look for the generic EMLA and see if it's cheaper than the real stuff.
I took the bandage off the new Port this morning so I could shower.....and it kinda freaked me out to see that lump there under the skin....I guess it stays that way because thats the port, right?? UGH!!!!!! I feel like the Bionic woman now! LOL

Sue I haven't mentioned to my school that I want to change jobs, yet. But now that I have the port I think I will because if I'd get bumped on this lump it would hurt like crazy!
I have no idea what they'll say....hopefully they will agree with me.

Well it's pain pill time again.....I'm going to try a Darvon this time....see if it makes me itch too

To the Bionic Woman

Go and watch the New Terminator TV Series. We'll be calling you Terminator Woman. lol

What do they do with the EMLA, do they just apply it before they hook you up for the infusion??

mel